City-builder/Simulation Game… Screenshot Saturday: Catizens 14 Jan 2023 Catizens is part of Fanatical's "Platinum Collection Bundle" (and low on stock there). I had been on the fence about this one, so getting it for 3.33 € (the bundle…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Quick Impressions: Grow: Song of the Evertree – Humble Choice Game January 2023 12 Jan 2023 Grow: Song of the Evertree is part of January's Humble Choice. "Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the…
City-builder/Simulation Game… First Impressions Review: Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator 6 Jan 2023 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is exactly what the title suggests. You own a little shop with a garden plot where you can harvest a few plants every day. Your job…
Blogging Months… Bloganuary 2023: What do you want to achieve this year? 3 Jan 2023 Wordpress is hosting another Bloganuary. A lot of their prompts don't fit the focus of this blog, but sometimes it works. The first prompt they sent was: "What do you…
Games MMOs and me: 2022 2 Jan 20232 Jan 2023 I find myself playing MMOs a lot less often than I have two years ago. There are several reasons for that, I think. One is the lack of time and…
Fun!… My personal favourite games of 2022 29 Dec 2022 When I started this list, I thought I wouldn't have many games at first. But now, after thinking about it for some time, there's a good amount of games. As…
Community… Quick Impressions: Backbone – Humble Choice Game December 2022 18 Dec 202218 Dec 2022 Backbone is part of December's Humble Choice. "Backbone is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a…
Community… Kingdoms of Amalur Impressions – Humble Choice Game November 2022 21 Nov 202221 Nov 2022 Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a single-player RPG that is part of November's Humble Choice! The original price for the FATE edition is 54.99 €. If you ask me if…
Fun!… Paeroka’s Ponderings: What’s new in this year’s Halloween festivities? 21 Oct 202221 Oct 2022 I love and hate festivals in MMOs. In general, I think that most MMOs capture the spirit of the respective festival quite well. This is especially true for the Halloween…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Quick Impressions: Railroad Corporation 11 Oct 2022 When I saw that Railroad Corporation was part of this month's Humble Choice, I got carefully excited. Excited because in theory, this is my kind of game! And carefully, because…
Games Humble Bundle September 2022: Is Crusader Kings III worth it? 7 Sep 2022 In Humble Bundle's September Choice, you can get Crusader Kings III. The game's regular price is 49.99 €. So it's a nice deal if you want to get Crusader Kings…
Blogging Months… Quick Impressions: Hamster Playground 31 Aug 2022 I don't remember when and how I stumbled over this game's trailer, but it was so cute, it certainly stuck to my mind! And I also had to show it…
Blogging Months… Guild Wars 2: I finally got myself a dog 31 Aug 202231 Aug 2022 After sleeping a night on it, it was obvious that I just had to get the Desert Shiba mount skin. I actually love the Springer mount as it is, but…
Blogging Months… Guild Wars 2: Free mount skin for (some) players 30 Aug 2022 As part of the game's 10th anniversary, ArenaNet is giving a "Black Lion Special Mount Selection Licence" to players which lets you choose one mount skin from a whole range…
Blogging Months… Re-experiencing Guild Wars 2 on Steam 29 Aug 202229 Aug 2022 Guild Wars 2 has officially and quite successfully launched on Steam. It's currently got a "Very Positive" rating on there with its base game being free to play. Some restrictions…
Blogging Months… Screenshot Saturday: Restarting Guild Wars 2 27 Aug 2022 I decided to take a look at Guild Wars 2 from a beginner's point of view. That is, with a fresh clean Steam account that doesn't own anything! It took…
Blogging Months… Gamescom 2022: More game demos Part 2 26 Aug 2022 As I said in my previous game demo post, I had more on my list. So here are three more games that I gave a try. Garden Simulator If you…
Blogging Months… Gamescom 2022: More game demos 25 Aug 2022 Ah yes, Gamescom 2022 is here and with that, we're getting game demos again! I've set my eyes on trying out more than just these three demos. But since I've…
Games… Welcome, new Steam Guild Wars 2 players! 24 Aug 202224 Aug 2022 Now with the influx of new players (at least, I hope and think that we're seeing new people join the game now), I went to check our two old guides…
Blogging Months… LotRO: Disappointing Housing 22 Aug 2022 I know I am ranting about the same topic over and over again: The player housing feature in Lord of the Rings Online is just disappointing. They have been improving…
Blogging Months… Which MMO mount do you like using the most? 21 Aug 202221 Aug 2022 Justin from MassivelyOP asked this question in their column "The Daily Grind" and rather than leaving a comment there, I prefer answering this question here. I do go with mounts…
Blogging Months… Screenshot Saturday: Back to Wow… again… again… again 20 Aug 2022 After being away for a year, I decided to return to WoW Classic. My initial goal had been to level my mage and get her through Burning Crusade. But that…
Blogging Months… Guild Wars 2 is coming to Steam! 16 Aug 2022 Just in time for the game's 10th anniversary (most certainly not a coincidence), Guild Wars 2 will launch on Steam - on August 23, to be precise. If you haven't…
Blogging Months… New adventures in LotRO? 16 Aug 2022 Since the legendary server Anor is going to close in a few months, we can move the characters off the server for free. So that's what friends and I did…
Blogging Months… Blogging and me 12 Aug 2022 I got inspired to write about my blogging history after reading Naithin's post about his. This blog right here, Nerdy Bookahs, turned 11 years old in March. But it wasn't…
Blogging Months… Gaming Goals for August/September 2022 8 Aug 20228 Aug 2022 It's rather difficult to set any goals at all when I have no idea how much time I am going to have to play a game in the evenings or…
Blogging Months… Screenshot Saturday: New glasses 6 Aug 2022 Some time ago, I had bought more gems for myself. I had not wanted to spend them on anything immediately, but rather wanted to save them for when I see…
Blogging Months… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Living in an MMO 4 Aug 20224 Aug 2022 Answering one of my own prompts here: If you could – or had to – live in an MMO world for the rest of your life, which one would you…
Blogging Months… WoW Dragonflight Impressions of The Azure Span (Warning: Spoiler!) 2 Aug 20222 Aug 2022 I got an invite to the alpha of World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion and decided to take a look. I don't want to write much about it as my goal…
Blogging Months… Steam Summer Sale 2022 Pickings 1 Aug 2022 This year's summer sale on Steam was not bad, actually. It just turned out that for me, there wasn't anything I wanted despite my long wishlist! But I have the…